The Cell Phone digital divide

"Cell phones have become a primary mode of socializing for teens and they will often avoid contact with peers that don't have cell phones", according to a study by Baltimore research group Context. "The study was based on the behavior of over a hundred cell-phone users, aged 16 to 40, from several countries. It appears that "teenagers are so immersed in the technology that they often saw little difference between meeting face to face and talking on the phone. And even when they are in a group, they are talking on their cell phones, instead of to each other. According to an article in Wired, via Smart Mobs

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